Campari for Breakfast
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By Sara Crowe
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‘Reads like a cross between I Capture the Castle and Love, Nina, with a pinch of Adrian Mole’ The Bookseller
‘We defy you not to love Sue’ Good Housekeeping
‘Campari for Breakfast is truly, charmingly splendid’ Lucy Robinson
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Sue Bowl is a superstar, in the dark days at the end of Winter in early 2015 she cheered Houghton Reading Group up no end. With her hilarious use of the English language and unique take on the world, Sue had many members laughing out loud.
The cast of characters surrounding and supporting Sue added to the charm and warmth of the novel, it felt like an honest coming of age story with episodes many of us will remember ourselves. The battle to save Aunt Coral's crumbling pile brings the random collection of lodgers and inhabitants together, it feels a bit like Adrian Mole met Dad's Army with a bit of Agatha Christie style mystery thrown in for good measure.
The book is genuinely moving when Sue confronts what her family looks like after her Mum dies, but all the way you are rooting for her and Aunt Coral and when she gets her Campari for Breakfast moment you couldn't be more pleased for her.
